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A district court in Lahore has discharged PTI President Pervaiz Elahi in a corruption case, a day after he was arrested from outside his residence by officials of the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE).
The court had earlier reserved its verdict in the case.
Judicial Magistrate Ghulam Murtaza heard the anti-corruption application on cases registered in Lahore and Gujranwala and gave verdict that if Elahi was not wanted in any other case, then he should be released.
Chaudhry Parvaiz Elahi was produced in the Lahore district court today in two cases registered in Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) wherein anti-graft watchdog sought 14-day physical remand.
Former CM spent the night at the headquarters of Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) and taken to court in an armored vehicle amid strict security measures.
During the hearing — presided by Judicial Magistrate Ghulam Murtaza — government counsel Ghulam Salahuddin asserted that the remand was required as further investigation was needed to be conducted from Elahi.
Meanwhile, Elahi’s counsel Advocate Rana Intizar argued that none of the “fake and bogus documents” that his client had allegedly prepared were presented to the court.
It is important to remember that Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, the president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and a former chief minister of Punjab, was detained outside his Zahoor Palace home in Lahore in connection with an alleged Rs 70 million corruption case involving the misappropriation of development funds intended for the Gujrat district.